Christopher Aguwa – Treasurer

Christopher Aguwa is the Chief Commercial Officer at Lane Health where he is responsible for driving business growth, forging strategic partnerships, and developing innovative solutions that address the financial challenges and requirements of individuals and payer organizations in the healthcare industry. Lane Health is a fintech-enabled healthcare benefit services company that allows individuals to access and afford the care they need, when they need it, and to smartly navigate their healthcare benefits. Lane Health empowers individuals with greater access to smart healthcare spending support and utilization of health benefits.

Christopher is a leader with a track record of growing companies through innovative and transformational partnerships, M&A, and venture capital investments in healthcare over the past decade across public, private, and early-stage companies. An executive with a passion for leveraging his voice, presence, and expertise to maximize commercial success, social impact, health equity, and equal opportunity in the workplace.

Prior to Lane Health, Christopher was an Executive Vice President, Head of Growth and Business Development at Cityblock Health, where he led the Growth office and the execution of the company’s value-based care arrangements, product development, business development, and strategy. Christopher also served as Vice President of Payor Partnerships and Strategy at DaVita, an industry leading kidney dialysis provider and kidney care management company and held Corporate and Business Development roles at both Aetna (a CVS Health Company) and Evolent Health.

Christopher has garnered significant industry recognition for his accomplishments in the healthcare industry. He was named to the esteemed Crain’s New York Business Notable Healthcare Leader list in 2022, Becker’s Healthcare Under 40 Rising Star, Startup Health’s Health Transformer and is a 2022 nominee to the prestigious Modern Healthcare 100 Most Influential People list.

Christopher earned his M.B.A. from Oxford University Saïd Business School, J.D. from Howard University School of Law and B.A. from the University of Michigan.